13:00 Tipperary

Friday 26 June 2020

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Tipperary Maiden Hurdle

Off time: 13:00 | Winning time: 4m 4.20s

Insane Bolt¹⁰¹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Keith Donoghue| T: G Elliott| OR: 101

28/1

Has proved a frustrating hurdler to date mainly due to some uneven in quality jumping displays; hard to recommend on racecourse evidence but respected nevertheless from top yard.

Form: 08047-

King Pellinor^b,t¹³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mark Walsh| T: J P O'Brien

7/1

Heavy ground maiden winner for Aidan O'Brien but has failed to finish in two outings over jumps for this yard (fell and refused); may be worth persevering with but hard to recommend at present.

Form: FR-

Pegasus Bridge¹⁵

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Donagh Meyler| T: L Lennon

250/1

Off the mark at the 15th attempt on the Flat in February; overall he is a fairly disappointing performer but might get renewed wind over obstacles.

Form:

Pepperoni Pete⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: P D Kennedy| T: Mrs J Harrington

10/3

Far from disgraced on either of his appearances over hurdles; has been in quiet form on the Flat subsequently; open to improvement and an interesting runner.

Form: 58-

Swelltime²⁸³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: Mr E Dwan⁽⁷⁾| T: J G Murphy

25/1

Won his only race on the Flat this time last year; only raced twice since and this looks tough after long absence and on hurdles debut.

Form:

Theatre Of War^t1,v1¹⁰⁷

Age: 4| Weight: 11-9| J: J M Moore| T: G P Cromwell| OR: 127

1/1

Has had a rather chequered career over obstacles so far failing to complete on a couple of occasions; latest efforts at Leopardstown and Cheltenham offered more encouragement and looks a leading candidate in first-time headgear.

Form: 53UF27-

Brawny¹⁶³

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: D N Russell| T: G Elliott

11/1

62-rated seven-race Flat maiden for Charlie Hills. Disappointing first few starts over hurdles and may do better when sent handicapping.

Form: 8P7-

Soloheadbeg²⁴⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: R M Power| T: H De Bromhead

8/1

Nicely-bred but the four-year-old has shown only a modicum of promise in three runs in this discipline, although he's likely to do better in time.

Form: 36-

Tham Luang^t1¹²

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: C P McNamara⁽⁵⁾| T: L Lennon

100/1

Eight-race maiden on the Flat; has shown glimpses of ability on the racecourse but finishing last of 15 last time out at Leopardstown does not inspire much confidence, however.

Form:

Patchouli^t⁹

Age: 4| Weight: 11-2| J: Rachael Blackmore| T: H De Bromhead

10/1

Fairly consistent sort for Mick Channon on the Flat showing good ability up to 1m2f on different surfaces; well beaten in a couple of starts over hurdles for new connections; may improve in time.

Form: P0-

Cliff Avenue²⁷⁴

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: J P O'Sullivan⁽⁷⁾| T: D H Kelly

150/1

Well beaten in all four starts on the Flat and no particular reason why she should be capable of landing this on debut.

Form:

Me Well¹⁵²

Age: 4| Weight: 10-11| J: Phillip Enright| T: R Sweeney

300/1

Below-par 45-rated handicapper on the Flat, beaten on all 12 career starts; finished last of 17 on hurdles debut at Naas in January; unlikely winner.

Form: 0-

Stoneyford Boy

Age: 4| Weight: 11-4| J: B J Cooper| T: A McNamara

66/1

Reserve 1 7th foal; half-brother to three winners including Katie T; fair pedigree; check market support if getting a run.

Form:

Non-Runners

El Chico Mejor¹¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: Miss E Doyle J: Sean Flanagan

Mistertommyshelby¹⁰¹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: P Griffin J: Gary Noonan

Puddymore²⁸⁰

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: P Stafford J: A W Short

Orlov⁹

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: P W Flynn J: Reserve 2

Broken Ice⁸

Weight: 11-4| Age: 4

T: G P Cromwell J: Reserve 3

Forecasts

Theatre Of War (1/1), Pepperoni Pete (10/3), King Pellinor (7/1), Soloheadbeg (8/1), Patchouli (10/1), Brawny (11/1), Broken Ice (14/1), Swelltime (25/1), Insane Bolt (28/1), El Chico Mejor (33/1), Stoneyford Boy (66/1), Mistertommyshelby (66/1), Puddymore (66/1), Tham Luang (100/1), Orlov (100/1), Cliff Avenue (150/1), Pegasus Bridge (250/1), Me Well (300/1)

Connections of THEATRE OF WAR will be disappointed if the gelding is unable to win given the way he has improved on his last two runs after a sketchy start to his career. He looked a possible winner in the closing stages of a valuable handicap at the Cheltenham Festival last time. Only the fitting of a first-time tongue-tie and visor may be a slight negative. Pepperoni Pete has been off the boil in recent appearance on the Flat but showed enough in his two hurdles appearances to suggest he is capable of winning races. Patchouli has been given time to develop by her trainer and can go well.